A similar sequence has turned around a stuttering start to the current campaign and director of football Britton believes the good times could be set to return to Mayday Trust Park.

“You can see the season really shaping up quite nicely,” said Britton, whose team entertain Boreham Wood on Saturday (3pm) having beaten the same opposition 1-0 last weekend.

“We have had a couple of years where, after a really good run, we have suffered. When you get a relegation it takes a long time to recover but, I was saying to Arch [Howells], you can see the confidence coming back.

“We looked confident and strong on Saturday – it was an old grind-out-three-points performance and I thought it was great.

“We know what we have to do and we think we are good enough to get something out of every game. We don’t think there is anyone in this league to be frightened of and we can take points off everyone on our day.”

City will be without defender Dan Ball this weekend, who has a one-match ban after picking up five bookings, and winger Ross Stearn completes his three-game suspension.

But head coach Howells is happy to rotate the squad, as he did to good effect at Boreham Wood by bringing in experienced duo Joe Burnell and Aaron Brown, who both played key roles in the win.

“I’m pleased for them because they have both been out of the team for a few weeks but came in and produced strong performances,” said Howells.

“I always felt it would be a difficult game because they aren’t as bad as their league form suggests. With the pitch being narrow and tight, I needed a few men in.

“Overall it was a good, strong performance. It won’t live long in the memory but I’d have taken 1-0.

“It puts us nicely in the pack but I’m not really looking at the table at the moment. I’m just looking at performances and if you get those, you get results.”